Denton County Sheriff Deputies work the scene of a shooting in Ponder, Texas where multiple people died Wednesday, May 16, according to Capt. Orlando Hinojosa, a spokesman for the Denton County Sheriff's Office. (Julian Gill/The Denton Record-Chronicle via AP)

Denton County Sheriff's officers investigate a crime scene where multiple people were killed and one was hospitalized after a shooting at a home in the Remington Park neighborhood of Ponder, Texas on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Rose Baca//The Dallas Morning News via AP)

A crime scene photographer takes a photo of a vehicle in the driveway of a home where multiple people were killed and one was hospitalized after a shooting at a home in the Remington Park neighborhood of Ponder, Texas on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

A vehicle is towed as Denton County Sheriff's officers investigate a crime scene at a home where multiple people were killed and one was hospitalized after a shooting at a home in the Remington Park neighborhood of Ponder, Texas, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Denton County Sheriff's officers investigate a crime scene at a home where multiple people were killed and one was hospitalized after a shooting at a home in the Remington Park neighborhood of Ponder, Texas, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Man shoots ex-wife's 3 children, her boyfriend dead

Man shoots ex-wife's 3 children, her boyfriend dead

May. 16, 2018

PONDER, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man walked into a rural North Texas home and shot his ex-wife's three children and her boyfriend dead before killing himself.

Denton County sheriff's Capt. Orlando Hinojosa (ee-noh-HOH'-sah) says the gunman also shot his ex-wife, but she survived and is receiving hospital treatment. Hinojosa said he didn't know her condition but he didn't think her wounds were life-threatening.

The crime scene is in Ponder, a town of about 2,000 residents about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of Dallas.